Friday, 29 November 2013
Babar and the Wully Wully by Jean De Brunhoff (Abrams Young Readers)
Babar and the Wully Wully
Written and Illustrated byJean De Brunhoff
Published by Abrams Young Readers
We love Babar. We've got some rather special Babar loveliness coming up on the blog very soon but today we're looking at Babar and the Wully Wully, a fantastic story that highlights...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th November 2013: "Have you seen who's just moved in next door to us?" by Colin McNaughton (Walker Books)
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Have you seen who's just moved in next door to us?
Written and Illustrated byColin McNaughton
Published by Walker Books
We love Colin McNaughton's books but somehow this 1991 classic (now, hooray, reprinted this year with a fab new cover) evaded us until now. How glad are we that we've...
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Discover Story's "Christmas Claytime" starts this weekend! Don't miss a squidgy feast of festive fun!
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Christmas Claytime - Photo by Simon Kane
Our good friends at the fabulous Discover Story Centre in Stratford, London have exciting things afoot for Christmas - starting with a fabulous event running on the 30th November, and also continuing on the 1st December.
"Christmas Claytime"...
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday - A great guest post from one of the creators of "The Girl / The Boy Who Lost her / His Name"
Scrumptious stories and a name book with a difference! The Little Girl Who Lost Her Name
Today for our Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday we're featuring a guest post from David Cadji-Newby from "lostmy.name" - genius creators of a name book with a difference.
You can check...
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday: "Whooossshh!" by Vanessa Lees and Helen Mather (The Odd Sock Publishing)
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Whooossshh!
Written by Vanessa Lees
Illustrated by Helen Mather
Published by Odd Socks Publishing
People often ask us why we cover independent and self published books. Books like "Whooossshh!" are why. When author Vanessa Lees got in touch with us to describe how her book was 'born'...
Puppy Love by Louise Forshaw (Igloo Books)
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Puppy Love
Written by IglooIllustrated by Louise Forshaw
Published by Igloo Books
It's always so brilliant when one of our Twitter mates does something cool and groovy that we can get behind. For a very long time Charlotte and I have loved Louise Forshaw's illustrations. Packed with...
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp (Scholastic)
The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig
Written and Illustrated by
Emer Stamp
Published by Scholastic
We're joining in with the "Piggy Blog Tour" courtesy of Scholastic and Emer Stamp. We've been reading (and chortling muchly) at Pig's antics in his new book "The Unbelievable...
Monday, 25 November 2013
Michael Morpurgo is right - Storytime in schools shouldn't purely be something for Nursery, Preschool and Reception classes
Reading to children - One of the most rewarding experiences ever? You betcha!
Michael Morpurgo has long been a legendary figure in children's books so who better to act as a spokesman for ensuring that reading to children goes on in schools way past nursery, preschool and reception.
We...
#ReadItMD13 Theme Week - "Food Glorious Food! Children's books with a foodie theme!"
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"Mrs Macready Was Ever So Greedy" By Julie Fulton and Jona Jung (Maverick Books). Scoffing!
Ahhh food glorious food, what better subject for a book than scrumptious scoff! We're coming to the end of our year's worth of special theme weeks - encouraging parents to read more to their...
Friday, 22 November 2013
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd November 2013 - "The Rules of Summer" by Shaun Tan (Hodder Children's Books)
The Rules of Summer
Written and Illustrated byShaun Tan
Published by Hodder Children's Books
Summer seems like a million miles away now, but as the final strains of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" fade from my internal jukebox, this book pops through the door like a ray of fresh sunshine....
Thursday, 21 November 2013
The Octonauts - Creature Report (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
The Octonauts - Creature Report
Published by Simon and Schuster Children's Books
Though we don't watch any children's TV at all any more, we have fond memories of The Octonauts. That brilliant bunch of undersea characters, with their own show based on the fabulous Meowmi books, have...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Spotlight on Cardooo, an innovative range of literacy and numeracy led greetings cards for all occasions
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"Puss in Boots" - A brilliant example of Cardooo's "Story Cards"
You definitely get an "ooo!" with Cardoo! When we were contacted by Cardooo who wanted to tell us all about their literacy and numeracy greetings cards, we leapt at the chance to take a look at their range. More than...
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday - Spotlight on the Whimsy Wood Posie Pixie series of books by Sarah Hill and Sarah Mauchline (Abela Publishing)
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The Whimsy Wood / Posie Pixie Books
Written by Sarah Hill
Illustrated by Sarah Mauchline
Published by Abela Publishing
Elves and fairies, pixies and brownies are characters that children can't get enough of and in the Whimsy Wood series, Sarah and Sarah (Author Sarah Hill...
#ReadItMD13 Theme Week - "Children's Books that tackle bullying" - A fabulous list from Letterbox Library
Talking to the wonderful folk at Letterbox Library, it seems it's not just me that struggled to find children's books that tackle the subject of bullying in a satisfactory way. In fact, Letterbox Library have resorted to importing books from the US, and they've come up with a really...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Lettice - The Fairy Ball by Mandy Stanley (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Lettice - The Fairy Ball
Written and Illustrated byMandy Stanley
Published by HarperCollins Children's Books
Rabbits are definitely Charlotte's favourite animal. She spent ages cuddling cute bunnies on our recent visit to Buckleberry Farm, so when we trawled the library she was overjoyed...
Spells a-popping, Granny's Shopping by Tracey Corderoy and Joe Berger (Nosy Crow)
Spells A-Popping Granny's Shopping
Written by Tracey Corderoy
Illustrated by Joe Berger
Published by Nosy Crow
Seized on in an instant the moment we spied it in the library, we couldn't wait to get home and read "Spells a-popping, Granny's Shopping" from the dynamic duo of Tracey Corderoy...
Monday, 18 November 2013
#ReadItMD13 Theme Week - "Tackling bullying through Children's Picture Books"
To support National Anti-Bullying Week (18th-22nd November) we thought we'd devote this week's #ReadItMD13 Theme Week to this very tough and sensitive subject.
As someone who was bullied at school, I know first-hand what it feels like to dread going to school, dread playtimes and...
The Very Noisy House by Julie Rhodes and Korky Paul (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
The Very Noisy House
Written by Julie Rhodes
Illustrated by Korky Paul
Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Now that Charlotte takes an even more active role in our book reading sessions, it's always great to find books that she can easily read along with me and join in with...
Friday, 15 November 2013
Melvin the Luckiest Monkey in the World by Claudia Boldt (Tate Publishing)
Melvin the Luckiest Monkey in the World
Written and Illustrated byClaudia Boldt
Published by Tate Publishing
A friendship book with a difference here as Claudia Boldt introduces Melvin. He's a monkey who truly believes he's actually the unluckiest monkey in the world. People seem to...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week ending 15th November 2013 - "Isabel's Noisy Tummy" by David McKee (Andersen Children's Books)
Isabel's Noisy Tummy
Written and Illustrated byDavid McKee
Published by Andersen Children's Books
As I lay in the dentist chair, listening to her tummy gurgling away like a grumpy anteater, it reminded me of our book of the week this week - which was instantly seized by Charlotte the...
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Knight Night by Owen Davey (Templar Publishing)
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Knight Night
Written and Illustrated byOwen Davey
Published by Templar Publishing
Owen Davy's sublime "Laika" was a well deserved book of the week not so long back. Since then we've been tracking down his other works, and "Knight Night" had been recommended to us by several folk who...
My Busy Being Bella Day by Rebecca Patterson (Jonathan Cape PB Ltd)
My Busy Being Bella Day
Written and Illustrated by
Rebecca Patterson
Published by Jonathan Cape PB Ltd
Rebecca Patterson's "My Big Shouting Day" is one of our favourite books, and it's also a hugely entertaining book to read aloud to children - getting them to join in with...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Letterbox Library teams up with the Alliance of Radical Booksellers for the Little Rebels Children's Book Awards 2014
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Little Rebels Children's Book Awards 2014
The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) is delighted to announce that the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for radical children’s fiction is back for its 2nd year. The award is given by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) and is administered by specialist children’s...
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children's Books)
This Moose Belongs to Me
Written and Illustrated byOliver Jeffers
Published by HarperCollins Children's Books
When I first spotted the cover of "This Moose Belongs to Me" nestling in a bookshop a while ago, it instantly triggered my internal jukebox and made me think of Goldfrapp's...
While He Was Sleeping by Ayano Imai (MinEdition)
While He Was Sleeping
Written and Illustrated by
Ayano Imai
Published by MinEdition
Some children's books are so beautiful that we lose ourselves to them every time we pull them off the shelves and enter their worlds. Some author-illustrators make their craft look so effortless that...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
A Mammoth in the Fridge by Michael Escoffier and Matthieu Maudet (Gecko Press)
A Mammoth in the Fridge
Written by Michael Escoffier
Illustrated by Matthieu Maudet
Published by Gecko Press
How do you know if you've had an elephant in your fridge? You'll see huge footprints in the butter! How do you know if you've had a mammoth in your fridge? Well, you may not...
Drat that Cat! By Tony Ross (Andersen Children's Books)
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Drat that Cat!
Written and Illustrated by
Tony Ross
Published by Andersen Children's Books
For years, our family cat (also called Suzy) was a well loved member of the family. Probably a huge part of why I love cats more than dogs is because I spent most of my early life growing up with...
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